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April 12, 2026 - US-Iran Talks Collapse: US Floats Iran-China Blockade as US Prepares for Further War on Iran

- US "negotiations" with Iran failed primarily because US terms were illegal under international law and simply coercion dressed up as “negotiations;”

- US Vice President JD Vance’s role in the failed talks and his public threats against Iran afterward confirm his ardent support for US aggression evident even during 2024 presidential campaigning;

- US war with Iran is part of continuity of agenda, driven by US-based corporate interests transcending presidential administrations regardless of rhetoric or supposed political affiliations with the Biden administration carrying out policy without which the current war could not have been launched;

- Beyond the Middle East the US is attacking, undermining, and toppling nations producing and shipping oil and gas to China with the ultimate goal of blockading, undermining, containing, and even collapsing China itself;

- The Trump administration is even floating the idea of a blockade on Iran meant specifically place pressure on China;

References:

Guardian - JD Vance says US delegation leaving Pakistan after failing to reach deal with Iran (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/jd-vance-says-no-deal-us-iran-pakistan-talks-islamabad
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
Ben Norton’s Geopolitical Economy Report - Oil war: US war on Iran aims to save petrodollar and global dollar dominance (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://youtu.be/zcXrvKVsPV8?si=H3eznLCLA5CWM9jn
Richard Medhurst - The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War (Apr. 11, 2026):
https://youtu.be/0nt1CgQsgpI?si=IDhP9uMZegaomALB
CNN - Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say (Apl 12, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/us-intelligence-iran-china-weapons
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2022:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/brookings_contributorslist_fy2022.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2024:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OGC-FY24-2nd-half-Contributor-Update-List.pdf
NYT - The Partnership (admissions of US CIA and US military involvement in drone strikes on Russian energy production and tankers exporting Russian energy products) (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
WSJ - Trump Reposts Article Saying He Could Blockade Iran if Talks Fail (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-latest-news-israel-us-lebanon-2026/card/trump-reposts-article-saying-he-could-blockade-iran-if-talks-fail-kTNagHmshSVdjBKVHbZ0
The New Atlas - Day 11: A US War on Iran is a US War on China - US “Distant Blockade” Placed on China (Mar. 10, 2026):
https://youtu.be/2e_z3cctHSE?si=DGOhH6CuWJr26PnR

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